{"slug": "abd-allah-al-mahdi-billah", "label": "Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_Allah_al-Mahdi_Billah", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307629", "qid": "Q307629", "description": "Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [873, 934], "span_label": ["873 CE", "934 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Abdallah al-Mahdi", "Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah"], "related": [{"slug": "fatimid-caliphate", "label": "Fatimid Caliphate", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "north-africa", "label": "North Africa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "muslim-sicily", "label": "Muslim Sicily", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kutama", "label": "Kutama", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "calabria", "label": "Calabria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tripoli-libya", "label": "Tripoli, Libya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aghlabid-dynasty", "label": "Aghlabid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tunisia", "label": "Tunisia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ifriqiya", "label": "Ifriqiya", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 873, "year_label": "873 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, was the founder of the Isma'ili Fatimid Empire, the only major Shi'a caliphate in the 10th century history, and the eleventh Imam of the Isma'ili faith (d. 934)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072669#Births", "title": "873", "revid": 1267072669, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The future founder of the Fatimid Caliphate, Abdallah al-Mahdi and his family migrate to North Africa. They claim to be descendants of Fatimah, the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 902, "year_label": "902 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Kutama tribe under Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i revolt against the Aghlabids. He begins a campaign and dispatches an invitation to the Fatimid spiritual leader Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah to support him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130244#Arabian_Empire", "title": "902", "revid": 1341130244, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 909, "year_label": "909 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Berber Kutama tribesmen under Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah capture the cities of Kairouan and Raqqada. The capital city of the Rustamid imamate, Tihert is destroyed. The remaining Ibadi are forced into the desert.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367656270#Africa", "title": "909", "revid": 1367656270, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 913, "year_label": "913 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Caliph Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah of the Fatimid Caliphate replaces the unpopular governor Ibn Abi Khinzir with Ali ibn Umar al-Balawi. But the Sicilian lords find this unacceptable and decide to declare independence of Sicily. They acknowledge allegiance to the Abbasid caliph Al-Muqtadir and acclaim an Aghlabid prince, Ahmed ibn Khorob, as emir of Sicily. The Sicilians re-launch their conquest of Byzantine Calabria, while Ahmed ibn Khorob in Sicily leads a successful assault against the North African cities of Sfax and Tripoli.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070619#Arabian_Empire", "title": "913", "revid": 1267070619, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 914, "year_label": "914 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, son of the Fatimid caliph Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, leaves Raqqada at the head of an army, which is composed of Kutama warriors and the Arab jund (personal guard) in an attempt to conquer Egypt. He sends orders to Hubāsa to wait for him, but driven by ambition Hubāsa is already on his way to Alexandria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355643516#Africa", "title": "914", "revid": 1355643516, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 916, "year_label": "916 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Sicilian Berbers in Agrigento revolt and depose the independent Emir Ahmed ibn Khorob. They offer Sicily to the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia). Caliph Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah welcomes this turn of events, but refuses to grant the Berber rulers their autonomy. He sends a Fatimid expeditionary force under Abu Said Musa which lands in Sicily and, with some difficulty, takes control of the island. Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah appoints Salam ibn Rashid as the emir of Sicily. Ahmed ibn Khorob is dispatched to Raqqada and executed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352766259#Europe", "title": "916", "revid": 1352766259, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 934, "year_label": "934 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 873)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512094#Deaths", "title": "934", "revid": 1341512094, "section": "Deaths"}}]}